freedominfo.org - Update, November 18, 2009
Washington, DC - The World Bank's executive directors November 17 approved a new policy on access to information that will mean significantly more transparency about Bank decision-making and operations.
The Bank's press release said, "The new policy represents a fundamental shift in the Bank's approach to disclosure of information--moving from an approach that spells out what documents it can disclose to one under which the Bank will disclose any information in its possession that is not on a list of exceptions."
Although just such a shift was pushed by transparency advocates, the final product was weakened in their eyes by the breadth of the exemptions. Nevertheless, the new policy is expected to provide considerably more access to materials about projects and policies under preparation and how they are implemented.
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